Travel

[lowtideride]

Before I go to far on my rear suspension, Right now I have it set up to flex as well as the front which is hard to do somtimes in a 60 series. I am running a 5 leaf pack in the rear compaired to the 7 leaf up front.

My question is about suspension travel. I noticed on a lot of "hardcore" rigs that when sitting on flat ground there is only about 3-4 inches of upward travel before the shock runs out of stroke. Do i want to limit upward travel on my rear suspension and allow large amounts of droop? Or keep it rather balanced.

The reason I ask becuase I about to relocate the shock mounts and add longer shocks in the rear. I really have no problem cutting into the tub to have the hoop stlye mount in the bed. I would like to run the shocks as near vertical as possible.
I dont know how hardcore this is but just need some insight...

thanks,
-Al

 

[JRFJ4-]

Max it Out

See if you can max the suspension out and see how much shock you need.

I picked mine completely up and let the axles droop as much as possible. Then I made sure I had a little more down travel in the shocks for extra measure.

If you can stuff it, that would help too, I just didn't get to do that.

I think I saw woody say 1/3 uptravel and 2/3 downtravel is a good starting point, I just can't find where he said it.

Where in North Florida are you? My brother-in-law/sister-in-law lives in Milton, north of Pensacola?

JR

 

[lowtideride]

I am on the eastcoast...St. Augustine. Your welcome to swing in if your ever in the area, But i am a few hours from where you describe.

Thanks for the info...

 

[Mace]

How your suspension is set up will varry on your driving style and conditions.

True rockcrawling really does not need much uptravel. But if you want to Baja across the flats you will need more uptravel to soak up the bumps you hit.

The 2/3 is not a bad compromise. Just make sure that you can use that last little bit of uptravel before the tires start removing sheetmetal.

 

[Advent]

Just make sure that you can use that last little bit of uptravel before the tires start removing sheetmetal.

Why let the tires have all the fun?